This recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Puddings is based on a Sophie Grigson recipe I saw many years ago on one of her cooking shows. I have always kept it at hand as it makes dinner party entertaining so much easier. Instead of having to leave your guests to go whip up a hot chocolate dessert you can pre-make the batter and freeze the individual puddings until you are ready to bake and serve them as dessert. Which means you could make the pudding a few days in advance already. (I also love the idea of having a few puddings stashed in the freezer to answer to some late night chocolate craving).

I think you could use any of the dark chocolate flavours but for me chocolate always need two other flavours ie coffee and vanilla which I have added to the recipe so keep that in mind when choosing a chocolate flavour to make the pudding.

These need to be served immediately and as much as I won’t really call them soufflés they are light, do rise up and slowly start collapsing once you have removed them from the oven. So my suggestion would be to place them in a pretty ovenproof dish so you can take all the puddings to the table in one go. I think some sort of berry is a must to cut the richness. Frozen berries will work in winter when fresh ones are not around.

If you really want to amp up the coffee flavour and the decadence of it all, serve a coffee liquor with the pudding to spoon over as you eat it. Delicious!

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Wow this is the best, what a way to impress guests with this desert. Great that you can add your own imagination to the finishing touches. They freeze amazing and I have made them several times. I added a dab of cream ,

blueberries and chocolate coffee beans on the plate, but you can add anything. Highly recommend this recipe to everyone.